Gender, Time Use, and Change : The Impact of the Cut Flower Industry in Ecuador

This article uses survey data from Ecuador to examine the effects of women's employment on the allocation of paid and unpaid labor within the household. The reader compares a region with high demand for female labor with a similar region in which demand for female labor is low. The comparison suggests that market labor opportunities for women have no effect on women's total time in labor but increase men's time in unpaid labor. The increase in men's time in unpaid work reflects women's increased bargaining power in the home.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Newman, Constance
Format: Journal Article biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2002-09
Subjects:BARGAINING, BARGAINING POWER, BASIC EDUCATION, BULLETIN, COMPLICATIONS, CULTURAL CHANGE, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DISCRIMINATION, DIVISION OF LABOR, DIVORCE, ELDERLY, EMPLOYMENT, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY RELATION, FAMILY RELATIONS, FEMALE, FEMALE HEAD, FEMALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, FEMALE HEADS, FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD, FEMALE LABOR, FEMALES, FEMINIST, FEMINIST ECONOMICS, FERTILITY, FEWER CHILDREN, GENDER, GENDER COMPOSITION, GENDER DIFFERENCES, GENDER DIFFERENTIALS, GENDER EQUALITY, GENDER EQUALITY IN RIGHTS, GENDER ROLE, GENDER ROLES, HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS, HOME, HOMES, HOUSEHOLD ASSETS, HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLD TASKS, HOUSEHOLD WORK, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN RESOURCES, HUSBAND, HUSBANDS, INCOME, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, LABOR ALLOCATION, LABOR FORCE, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKETS, LABOR STATISTICS, LABOR SUPPLY, LAND TENURE, LAWS, LIVING STANDARDS, LOCAL ECONOMY, MARITAL STATUS, MARKET WAGES, MARRIED COUPLES, MARRIED MALE, MARRIED MEN, MARRIED WOMEN, MIGRANT, MIGRANTS, MODERNIZATION, MOTHER, NUMBER OF CHILDREN, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, PARENTHOOD, PARENTS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLITICAL ECONOMY, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRESS, PUBLIC POLICY, RATIO OF WOMEN, RECREATION, REGIONAL POLICY, RESOURCE ALLOCATION, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL LABOR, SECONDARY EDUCATION, SINGLE MEN, SINGLE WOMEN, SMALLER FAMILIES, SOCIAL NORMS, SPOUSE, SPOUSES, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, WAGE DIFFERENCES, WAGE INCREASES, WAGE STRUCTURE, WAGES, WIFE, WIVES, WOMAN, WORKFORCE, WORKING HOURS, WORKING WOMEN, YOUNG ADULTS,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/09/17741924/gender-time-use-change-impact-cut-flower-industry-ecuador
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17212
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